Bradshaw and DeSpain receive state recognition

March 01, 2011

IBS NAMES GIRLS ALL STATE TEAM FOR ILLINOIS SMALL SCHOOLS
Springfield, IL (February 28, 2011) - - Illinois Basketball Services (IBS) recently named its Illinois Girls Small School All State Team for 2010-11. Two Griggsville-Perry High School athletes, Marlee Jo Bradshaw and Lexi DeSpain, received Honorable Mention recognition! Congratulations to both of our GP girls!
GP was matched up in the same regional as West Central, who went on to take first place in the state tournament. Below is a list of those athletes who received recognition on the All-State Team for Illinois Small Schools:

A 6’1” Winchester West Central senior, Tiffany King, was named IBS Illinois Small School Player of the Year. The McKendree signee averaged 21.2 ppg and 8.5 rpg in 2010-11. She scored over 2,000 career points at West Central, leading her team to the Illinois Class 1A State Championship as a senior.

“I have had the pleasure of following Tiffany’s career closely and she is a true example for the young girls coming up of how goals can be achieved through hard work and determination,” said Jason Speaks, Director of IBS. “McKendree has landed a big talent.”

The IBS Illinois Small School Newcomer of the Year was 5’6” Mt. Carmel (IL) frosh, Tyra Buss. In 2010-11, she averaged 32 ppg and set numerous records including a school single game scoring record of 52 points; breaking her own record set earlier this season of 49. Her 1,025 points this season was a school record as well as a state record for freshmen. Her 278 free throws and 137 steals this season were also school records. She led her team to a 27-5 record and the sectional final in her debut season. She has ever-increasing interest from several programs at the college level, including Minnesota, Notre Dame, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.

“Tyra was clearly the top newcomer and one of the state’s top prospects this season and exploded onto the state and national basketball scene with her play from her first game on,” said Speaks. “It is going to be exciting to follow her career and she has a very legitimate shot at becoming the top scorer in Illinois history.”

ILLINOIS BASKETBALL SERVICES (IBS)
ILLINOIS SMALL SCHOOL GIRLS ALL STATE TEAM

IBS ILLINOIS SMALL SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
TIFFANY KING, 6’1”, Senior, Winchester West Central

IBS ILLINOIS SMALL SCHOOL NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR:
TYRA BUSS, 5'6, Frosh, Mt. Carmel

FIRST TEAM:
JORDAN FRERICKS, 6’, Soph, Quincy Notre Dame
WHITNEY KIEFFER, 5'11, Senior, River Ridge Scales Mound
JENNIFER MOELLER, 6'1", Senior, Nashville
PAIGE NORD, 5'7, Senior, Colfax Ridgeview
ALLIE NORTON, 5'6", Senior, Bloomington Central Catholic
KAITLYN PHILLIPS, 5'5, Junior, Hinckley-Big Rock
JESS REINHART, 5'10", Senior, Bloomington Central Catholic
BELINDA SCHAAFSMA, 6'1", Senior Kankakee Bishop McNamara
SHELBY STEGER, 5’5”, Senior, Kewanee Wethersfield
JESSIE WENDT, 6', Junior, Teutopolis

SECOND TEAM:
ALLISON ALLEN, 5’11”, Senior, Pana
JAMIE BLUE, 5’9”, Junior, Urbana University
LAUREN BOGLE, 5’9”, Senior, Hume Shiloh
MACY BROWN, 5'9, Senior, Havana
SOPHIE BRUNNER, 6', Soph, Freeport Aquin
JERICA HAWKINS, 5'8, Junior Decatur Lutheran
MICAH JONES, 6’1, Soph, Cowden-Herrick
RACHEL KONIECZKI, 5'4, Senior, Rockford Lutheran
VICTORIA MAY, 5'9", Senior, Riverdale
CARTER WEAR, 6', Senior, Carthage Illini West

THIRD TEAM:
MICHELLE ALEXANDER, 5'3, Senior, Nokomis
KANDIE BLOCH, 6’, Soph, Argenta-Oreana
KELSEY DIRKS, 6'3, Senior, Robinson
HALEY ELDERS, 6', Senior, Herrin
JACLYN ELMORE, 5'11, Senior, Lebanon
TESS GODHART, 5'10", Senior, Hinckley-Big Rock
KELSEY GOING, 6’, Junior, Litchfield
AIMEE IVERSON, 5'3, Junior, Sherrard
CHELSEA KLEIN, 6’, Senior, Trenton Wesclin
TAYLOR STEVENSON, 5'9, Senior, Olney, East Richland
CELINA VANHYFTE, 6', Frosh, Annawan
UZURI WILLIAMS, 5'8, Senior, Champaign Judah Christian

FOURTH TEAM:
KAYLEE BOSTON, 5'7, Senior, Shawnee
ORTRESE BRIDGES, 5'8, Junior, Cairo
SARAH BUTLER, 5'7, Senior, Colfax Ridgeview
KASSIDY GENGENBACHER, 5'8, Soph, Quincy Notre Dame
MEGAN JONES, 5'7, Junior, Colfax Ridgeview
HANNAH MCGINNIS, 5'10, Senior, Vienna
SHELBY MILLER, 5'6, Junior, Goreville
LINDSEY ROSS, 6'1, Senior, Hume Shiloh
ERIKA TATUM, 5'10, Senior, Kankakee Bishop McNamara
NATALIE TURNER, 5'10, Senior, Stark County
ALLISON WEBB, 5'11, Soph, Goreville
GABBY WILLIAMS, Piasa Southwestern

FIFTH TEAM:
CARLY BEEBE, 5’10”, Junior, South Fulton
ITSYANA CAMPOS, 5’5”, Junior, Chicago Marine Math and Science Academy
TAYLOR CICARDI, 5’9”, Senior, Pinckneyville
KENNEDY GABEL, 5’5”, Senior, Toledo Cumberland
JACLYN KAIN, 5'11, Junior, Spring Valley Hall
KELLY LONERGAN, 5'8, Senior, Jacksonville Routt Catholic
ALI LOOS, 5’6”, Junior, Waverly
TAYLOR MCCLINTOCK, 5'8, Soph, Glasford Illini Bluffs
STACEY SINCLAIR, 5'9, Junior, Petersburg PORTA
SHELBY SMITH, 5’10”, Junior, Litchfield
ELLA TEEL, 5’5”, Senior, Ridgewood
LINDSAY TROIKE, 5’10”, Senior, Tuscola

HONORABLE MENTION:
HEATHER BAKER, 5’11”, Senior, Salt Fork
ASHLEY BALSTER, 5’9”, Senior, Petersburg PORTA
KATIE BLISSETT, 5’6”, Senior, Riverton
DESTINI BOLLINGER, 5’9”, Junior, South Fulton
ALYSHA BOTTJE, Senior, Cobden
MARLEE JO BRADSHAW, 5’9”, Junior, Griggsville-Perry
BRITTANY BREDEN, 5’9”, Senior, Calhoun
LAUREN BRUMMEL, 6’1”, Junior, Somonauk
TIFFANY CHURCHILL, 5’6”, Senior, South Fulton
MOLI COPPLE, 5’8”, Senior, El Paso-Gridley
MORGAN CORN, 6’, Soph, Benton
GEORGIA DANOS, 5’8”, Soph, Aurora Christian
LAUREN DEISS, 5’7”, Senior, Mason City Illini Central
LEXI DESPAIN, 5’6”, Senior, Griggsville-Perry